“I prefer to keep what I think to myself. I have codes and values ​​that I must respect”

It arrived ahead of time. And he spent more than 20 minutes signing autographs in the management office of the Antiga Fàbrica Damm. Ronald Araujo was there. There he was calm and relaxed this Thursday, involved and committed to the solidarity cause he presented, as well as firm in his “values ​​and codes”, which is why he preferred to take refuge in silence and not respond to Gündogan’s words.

These are not good days for the Uruguayan defender, who felt “the hard blows of life” as he himself confessed, with the expulsion against Paris SG that “busted”, according to Xavi, the tie and left Barça out of Europe. One more year. “We have a young team, we will go to Madrid to win and we will fight for the League until the end,” said the Uruguayan, convinced that this generation of players will end up winning the Champions League.

“We have a young team, we will go to Madrid to win and we will fight for the League until the end”

Araujo

— Barça player

Barça is closer to the best (in the quarterfinals), but far from the greats like Madrid, which is enjoying its agonizing passage to the Champions League semifinals after dethroning City, the champion that has lost its crown. Araujo sponsored, together with Stuani, the Girona striker, both Uruguayans, the nineteenth edition of the book ‘Relatos Solidarios del Deporte’ whose benefits will go entirely and exclusively to the Enriqueta Villavecchia Children’s Oncology Foundation.

Anna Varderi, manager of the Enriqueta Villavecchia Children’s Oncology Foundation, Ronald Araujo and the journalists María Fernández-Vidal and Xavi Torres. / Jordi Cotrina

“We have to give maximum visibility to projects like this. When they told me that Stuani would also be another godfather, I was very happy and we sent messages to collaborate as much as possible,” commented the Barça centre-back, who did not avoid any questions after the last hours that he has experienced. Both on the field and off.

“I am grateful to the real culés who are helping me. Even when I left the field after being sent off, the culé shouted ‘Uruguayan, Uruguayan’!”

Araujo

— Barça player

“I’m sad like all the culés about the elimination. We had it pretty much in hand. The play? It’s fortuitous, it’s 50 percent and 50. If the charge has to expel me, if he doesn’t charge it nothing happens. No person responsible I feel it, but staying with 10 is something important,” commented Araujo, who has also avoided evaluating Gündogan’s statements.

“I prefer to keep what I think to myself, but I have codes and values ​​that I must respect,” he stressed without wanting more details. “I already answered that question and I am grateful to the real culés who are helping me. Even when I left the field when I was sent off, the culé shouted ‘Uruguayan, Uruguayan!'”

The message of ‘Gundo’

“In these crucial moments you must be sure that you can recover the ball. If you don’t get the ball, and I don’t know if he touches it or not, you must let it go. I prefer to concede the goal or leave the striker with a one on one,” he began by saying Gundogan. “The ball was thrown long and I don’t know if it reached the ball. I could have given our goalkeeper the opportunity to save us or even concede a goal. Putting yourself with a man less because of the red so early in the game kills you” he had explained the former Manchester City captain.

Ronald Araujo, at the presentation of the book ‘Relatos Solidarios del Deporte’ at the Antiga Fàbrica Damm in Barcelona. / Jordi Cotrina

Regarding his future at Barça, the defender says that the negotiations “are going well and at the end of the season they will sit down to talk,” but he has not been too specific. Araujo wanted to send a message of hope about the club, proud to contribute his help to this project.

The money raised from this book sponsored by Araujo y Stuani will be used for the construction of the ‘Pavilion of Victory’ at the Sant Pau Hospital intended for palliative cures for girls and boys that maintain their quality of life until the last day, as revealed by Anna Varderi, manager of the Enriqueta Villavecchia Children’s Oncology Foundation.

2024-04-18 12:10:19
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